POEMS. Tr. by Townsend, 1888.

LERMONTOV (or LERMONTOFF), MIKHAIL YUREVITCH. b. 1814, d. 1841. Russian poet.

THE CIRCASSIAN BOY. Tr. [into English verse] by S. S. Comart, 1875.

THE DEMON, a poem. Tr. by A. C. Stephen, 1875.

A HERO OF OUR TIME. (1839.) Tr. 1854.

LE SAGE, ALAIN RENÉ. b. 1668, d. 1747. French romancer and essayist.

THE BATCHELOR OF SALAMANCA (1736-8). Tr. by Mr. Lockman, 1737.

THE DEVIL UPON TWO STICKS (Asmodeus). Tr. 1708.

HISTORY OF GIL BLAS OF SANTILLANE (1715-35). Tr. 1732-7.

Defoe, Fielding and Smollett were all influenced by Le Sage, whom they imitated.